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US 8,205,642 B2Granted
Flow-through sandwich core structure and method and system for same
AssigneeCellTech Metals, Inc.
InventorGeorge C. P. Straza
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for transmitting a fluid through the core of a metal sandwich structure. Improved metal sandwich sheet structures include a formed metal core that is brazed, welded, or bonded to two outer flat metal sheets at a series of interleaving surface regions. The inventor has recognized that fluids (e.g., liquid and/or gaseous substances) can be transmitted through the cavities of these structures in order to accomplish thermal conduction or as a means of servicing particular regions of a building, vehicle, device, or other work of construction.
Claims11
A method of directing fluid through an apparatus, comprising:
- directing a fluid through at least one inlet located at a first end of a metal sheet sandwich structure;
- and
- ejecting the fluid out of at least one outlet located at a second end of the metal sheet sandwich structure;
- wherein the metal sheet sandwich structure is a non-honeycomb core with multiple directions of corrugation and having a first core and a different second core each having a plurality of bonding lands, the first and second cores each being formed from a continuous sheet of material, a first outer sheet coupled to the first core and a second outer sheet coupled to the second core, at least one of the first and second cores having a channel that couples the inlet to the outlet and
- at least one formed metal core layer comprises two formed metal core layers sandwiched between the two outer metal sheet layers and a middle metal sheet layer located between the two formed metal core layers.
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